What Makes a ‘Strong’ Password Hard to Crack?

A strong password is like a secret that’s hard for someone else to guess or figure out quickly.

Imagine your password is a special key to a treasure box. If the key has only a few numbers or letters, it's easy for a thief to try all the possible keys until they find the right one, this is called cracking. But if the key has many different numbers and letters in no obvious order, it takes way longer to guess.

• A strong password usually has a mix of big letters, small letters, numbers, and symbols.
• The more characters you use, the harder it is for someone to crack your password. It’s like having a longer key with more different parts, there are so many possibilities that guessing becomes almost impossible.

Think of it as playing hide-and-seek in a huge forest instead of just behind one tree. The bigger the forest, the harder it is to find you!